The corn market has pulled off the early Monday weakness, with midday losses limited to fractionally to 2 cents in the nearbys. December is down 4 ¼ cents. The nearby CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/4 cents at $4.51 1/2.

Weekly Export Inspections data tallied corn shipments at 1.654MMT (65.14 mbu) in the week that ended on April 24. That was down 4.16% from the week prior but 27.44% above the same week last year. Mexico was the largest destination of 533,791 MT, with 376,788 MT headed to Japan, and just 211,129 MT to Colombia. Marketing year corn shipments are now 40.90 MMT (1.609 bbu), an increase of 28.98% from the same week last year.

Crop Progress data will be released this afternoon, with traders looking for the US corn crop to be 25% planted as of 4/27. Last year was at 27% for the same date.

CFTC Commitment of Traders data showed spec funds pulling back from their net long position by 11,768 contracts in the week ending on April 22.... Read more

Contract Specifications

Contract

Corn

Contract Size

5,000 bushels

Tick Size

1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)

Trading Hours

7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) (Sun-Fri) CST

Exchange

CBOT

Point Value

$50

Margin/Maintenance

$1,155/1,050

First Notice Date

11/28/25 (214 days)

Expiration Date

12/12/25 (228 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Dec '25

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 22, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short

773,840 (-11,282)

935,319 (-28,902)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

450,712 (+11,876)

230,869 (+26,215)

Producers - Long / Short

424,352 (-13,738)

845,964 (-33,333)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

287,295 (-661)

27,162 (+1,314)

Managed Money - Long / Short

289,843 (+12,371)

157,429 (+25,111)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

160,869 (-495)

73,440 (+1,104)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low		Period High	Performance
1-Month	436-4 +3.15% on 03/31/25	Period Open: 442-4	469-4 -4.10% on 04/16/25	+7-6 (+1.75%) since 03/28/25
3-Month	436-4 +3.15% on 03/31/25	Period Open: 461-0	479-6 -6.15% on 02/20/25	-10-6 (-2.33%) since 01/28/25
52-Week	428-0 +5.20% on 12/05/24	Period Open: 487-6	499-4 -9.86% on 05/15/24	-37-4 (-7.69%) since 04/26/24

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3rd Resistance Point	462-7
2nd Resistance Point	458-7
1st Resistance Point	454-5
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2nd Support Level	442-3
3rd Support Level	438-1

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